exit

«exit» in Mova's school dictionary: A door or way out of a building, room, vehicle or motorway — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an exit, exits); verb (exit, exits, exited, exiting)

meaning for a pupil

1) A door or way out of a building, room, vehicle or motorway. tree →

2) The act of leaving: "He made a quick exit." tree →

3) As a verb, to go out or leave, or to close a program on a computer. tree →

sense in the lessons

In fire safety, you learn where the emergency exits are and follow green "Exit" signs (or red in the USA). In computing, you exit a game or program. In plays, "exit" in the script means a character leaves the stage. Phrases: emergency exit, fire exit, exit sign, take the exit, exit the game.

examples

• Use the fire exit in an emergency. tree →
• Never block an exit. tree →
• Follow the exit signs to leave. tree →
• Take the next exit off the highway. tree →
• Exit the game and save your work. tree →
• The cinema has two exits. tree →
• At the exit of the wood the lion stood still, and the Prince took leave of him, having first thanked him warmly for his kind protection. tree →

note

Use "an": an exit. Countable. The opposite is "entrance". Safety: when you go into a new building, cinema or plane, look for the nearest exit. Exit doors must be kept clear.

In the corpora

• When you enter a building, noticing where the exits are helps you leave quickly in an emergency.
• Know where the nearest exit is at events, because it helps you get out quickly in an emergency.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «exit» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.